Re: [RESEND PATCH] MAINTAINERS: Fix list entries with display names

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Jan 02 2025 - 18:47:43 EST


On Tue, 31 Dec 2024 09:54:14 -0600 "Rob Herring (Arm)" <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> get_maintainers.pl doesn't expect list entries to have a display name.
> Entries with a display name are omitted and print just the description:
>
> (open list:PIN CONTROLLER - FREESCALE)
>
> These cases are pretty much aliases to a few people, not lists which
> are archived and can be subscribed to. Change these cases to be reviewers
> instead.

Feels a bit wrong. Are you sure that *all* of the below "lists" are
not really lists? If so then OK I suppose. Or perhaps we should have
a new MAINTAINERS tag to cover this situation.

And shouldn't get_maintainer be made to be more friendly in its
handling of these entries? Omitting the email address seems kinda dumb.